A deep dive into water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) paid UNICEFUSA
A boy washes in Balukhali, part of the refugee camp sheltering over 800,000 Rohingya refugees, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.Making sure that every man, woman and child on earth has safe water to drink, a hygienic toilet and the means to regularly wash with soap and water are three ideals enshrined in the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals for 2030. They are also a big part of UNICEF's mission to improve children's health and well-being.
Here's a rundown of some of the latest facts and figures from the experts monitoring the situation — and why they matter. From 2000 to 2017, the proportion of the world's population with proper access to safe drinking water — which means that supplies are located on the premises and are available when needed, free from contamination — jumped 10 percentage points, from 61 percent to 71 percent.
That leaves 2 billion people without even basic sanitation — 700 million fewer than the 2000 total, but a significant number nonetheless. Only 20 out of 86 countries managed to shrink by half the gap in basic service coverage between their richest and poorest citizens. And several countries were able to increase coverage in urban areas, without making comparable improvements in rural ones, widening the disparities.Fewer countries are on track to eliminate open defecation among the poorest in rural areas.
A woman draws water from a river in southern Madagascar. The prevalence of open defecation in the southern regions of the country contributes to the spread of water-related diseases; children are especially at risk.In 2000, more than twice as many people were engaging in the practice, so the new figure represents progress.
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